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ficulty we saved her from being washed over-board. 

 This gale lasted twelve hours, after which we had 

 more moderate weather, intermixed with calms. We 

 frequently hoisted out the boats to try the currents, 

 and in general found a small drift to the W. S. W. 

 We shot many birds ; and had upon the whole good 

 weather ; but as we got near to the land, it came on 

 thick and dirty for several days, till we made the 

 coast of New Zealand in 40 30' S. having made 

 twenty-four degrees of longitude, from Adventure 

 Bay, after a passage of fifteen days. 



We had the winds much southerly in this passage, 

 and I was under some apprehensions of not being able 

 to fetch the Straits, which would have obliged us to 

 steer away for George's Island ; I would therefore 

 advise any who sail to this part, to keep to the south- 

 ward ; particularly in the fall of the year, when the 

 S. and S. E. winds prevail. 



The land, when we first made it, appeared high, and 

 formed a confused jumble of hills and mountains. We 

 steered along shore to the northward, but were much 

 retarded in our course by reason of the swell from the 

 N. E. At noon on the 3d of April, Cape Farewell, 

 which is the south point of the entrance of the west 

 side of the Straits, bore E. by N. - N. by the compass, 

 three or four leagues distant. About eight o'clock we 

 entered the Straits, and steered N. E. till midnight ; 

 then brought to till day-light, and had soundings 

 from forty-five to fifty-eight fathoms, sand and broken 

 shells. At day-light, made sail and steered S. E. by 

 E. ; had light airs j Mount Egmont N. N. E. eleven or 

 twelve leagues, and Point Stephens S. E. ^ E. seven 

 leagues. At noon, Mount Egmont N. by E. twelve 

 leagues ; Stephens' Island S. E. five leagues. In the 

 afternoon we put the dredge over-board in sixty-five 

 fathoms ; but caught nothing except a few small 

 scallops, two or three oysters, and broken shells. 



Standing to the eastward for Charlotte's Sound, 

 with a light breeze at N. W. in the morning on the 



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